Adan Aurelio

Adán Aurelio is 34 years old. He is married and the father of 5 children. His two oldest are in the public school in the town where they live. Adan grow coffee. He has been doing this for 5 years. At present, he has about two thirds of an acre for the coffee crop. This is his family's source of income. With his wife, he has been able to get ahead with their hard work and enthusiasm. Adán Aurelio also sells coffee canes during the planting season. He does his work in the fields with relatives who live with hi, so the income he generates is very profitable.

Adan will use the loan to buy a solar panel. Living in a remote mountain community makes it difficult to be able to count on electric energy. Thanks to this solar plant, he will be able to improve his family's quality of life.

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This Kiva loan will be used to provide borrowers with needed goods or services, as opposed to cash or financial credit.

Prisma Honduras, S.A.

This loan is administered by Prisma Honduras. Prisma is one of Kiva's first field partners in Central America and has funded over 2,500 entrepreneurs through Kiva since 2008. Prisma funds smaller than average loans for micro-entrepreneurs to help them grow businesses in urban and rural areas. To improve living conditions in Honduras, the organization strives to empower women who lack access to traditional financial services, and promotes solar panels to deliver clean, affordable electricity to rural areas. Through its four branches in southern and central Honduras, Prisma provides access to financial products to some of the poorest and most isolated communities in the country.